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UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

LESTER A. SGHAEFFER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-FIFTHS TO EDGAR A.

SCI'IAEFFER AND B. D. ANNEWALT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CIGAR-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed June 15,1901. Serial O- 64,738.

To all when]. it may concern:

Be it known that I; LESTER A. SCIIAEFFER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCigar-lllachines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings. and to the letters andfigures of reference marked there n, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to cigar machines, and the invention consists in amachine constructed and operating substantially as shown and describedand particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective front view ofthe machine with the parts in normal relation, and Fig. 2 is aperspective diagonal view thereof showing the parts with the die inraised position. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the machine lookinginward from the right of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a direct front elevationthereof and corresponding in the main to Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan viewof the machine with the parts in their normal relation, as in Fig. 1,and Fig. 6 is a perspective detail of the die plate and its standard.Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of the machine on a line correspondingsubstantially to A, A. Fig. 5. Fig 8 is a sectional elevation on line A,A, Fig. 5, corresponding to Fig. 7 in this particular, but

showing the die-plate raised, and the rolling-boardshifted part way andomi? ting certain features seen in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a plan view of thewrapper cutter arni and die-plate with the said arm at the second are ofthe said plate. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the cutter arm and die-plate,showing the roller actuating mechanism on said arm. as about to bereleased for the action of the spring and with the roller in position toturn on the arc beneath. Fig. 11 is an enlarged diagrammatic view of thedie-plate, showing the roller at the right in full lines in its normalposition, and at the left in its position corresponding substantially toFig. 9, and again at the right in dotted lines in position correspondingsubstantially to Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a cross section of the. machine ona line corresponding to B, B, Fig. 10, and with the parts in position asshown in said figure. Fig. 13 is a plan view of the machine seen as whenthe die-plate is in its raised position but with said plate removed andshowing the pastor over the removed. Fig. 16 is a cross section of thepaste receptacle and its roller. Fig. 17 is a plan view substantiallythe same as Fig. 13, but withthe rolling-board shifted to the left andin full lines, and Fig. 18 is a planview of the-rolling-board and rollerand other parts which are in position substantially as hereinafter fullydescribed. Fig. 19 is a plan view of the rolling board and certain otherparts, showing the cigar partly rolled, and Fig. 20 is a plan view ofthe rolling board and other parts seen in Fig. 17, but showing the endof the wrapping operation as hereinafter fully described.

In the machine thus shown I provide, first, for cutting a wrapper,secondly, for pasting the same and, thirdly and lastly, for rolling thecigar, and the three operations are successive and continuous while themachine is at work, as will clearly appear in the fur-. therdescription. A

The present machine is manually operated, butI may employ any availablepower and make the machine automatic without departing irom theessential features of the invention.

A is the working table, and B its supporting frame. All the morematerial. operating parts are on or above table A, and are comprisedpractically in two main groups. The first of these groups has to do withthe out ting of the wrapper, and the other and second group with thewrapping of the bunch, while the pasting of the wrapper comesincidentally between these two.

Taking up the groups in their natural order, we have first, a die orwrapper cutting plate 0, Fig. '6, provided with a standard C. The saidplate is provided with a cutting edge or die c of oblong shapeconforming to the shape of the wrapper to be cut. The space within saiddie is open, and thus when the wrapper has been cut it comes within thesame and is surrendered to the mechanism immediately beneath as will nowbe seen. Thus E is an air suction chamber having an exhaust connection Ebeneath, and D is a rolling-board over said chamber and has an openingadapted to receive perforated or open work suction blank G. Said blankor blank-plate is also to be raised into the die-plate, and is referredto hereinafter as a suction or die-blank which serves to receive thewrapper from the die and hold it on the rolling-board through theperforated apron. The rolling-board is perforated about the edge of thisso-called die-blank so that it cooperates with said plate throughsuction in holding the leaf for cutting. After the wrapper is cut thesaid blank G drops down flush with the rolling-board and constitutes apart thereof.

N iv, having die-plate 0 made 7 and equipped as 8110", .1, I employtherewitha hand lever H, fulcrumed at its outer extremity in a suitablebracket H on table A and adapted to swing over the table back and forthin a horizontal plane. Upon this lever is a wrapper cutter roller h,Fig. 12, journaled at its ends in bracket it having a spindle itsupported in a vertical socket k in lever H. A coiled spring h about theupper reduced portion of said spindlein socket k exerts a constantdownward pressurc,.and a crank If at the top of said spindle above leverH has connections for rotating the sanre and thus reversing the positionof roller h, as it travels over the cutter die a in a circuit, as willbe seen.

At this point I may explain that I find very material advantage infollowing around the edge of the die with the cutter roller and cuttingat only a single point rather than cutting broadly across the die at onesweep of the roller, for the reason, first, that by cutting across thewhole roller at a time there is great danger of defective cutting atsome point here or there and which leaves the wrapper unsevered from theleaf at such point. This is especially liable to occur at the ends ofthe die where the edges dull most easily, and sometimes it occurs moreor less along the sides as well. But by running the roller around thecircuit of the die I cut at only one point as I go and both avoid theobjection of dulling some one or other portion of the cutter more thanothers, and the serious objection of leaving some parts uncut and thusbeing unable to proceed until the wrapper is otherwise relieved.Furthermore, I get essentially a shearing cut all the way around byreason of the shape of the die and the operative position of the rollerin respect to the die, so that I never fail to sever the wrapper allaround and in no less time than the other way. .Now, in doing this workroller h adapts itself to the edge of the die and switches around atboth arcs, .r and y, and cuts here also as it goes. Normally, saidroller is entirely clear of the die-plate, Fig. 5, and the space abovesaid plate is otherwise unobstructed to allow said plate to be raised.But when lever H is carried to the left the roller first strikes the arex, Fig. 11, and travels over the near edge of the die to theother arc y.Once there its spindle is axially and automatically reversed whichcauses the roller to travel back on the inner side of the die, as it hasdone in dotted lines at the right in Fig. 11. From this latter point itturns to the intersection of its original position on are a; and at thesame time is automatically reversed to starting position, full lines.The mechanism for effecting these operations is mostly carried by leverH, and consists of a reversing or switching crank h, rod h connectingcrank h with crank h Figs. 5 and 12, spring it likewise connected tocrank h, and at its other end to cam h on' crank h inward from its pivoth on lever H. Crank h has a cam g directly off its pivot to the rearadapted to be engaged by a fixed projection g on stationary arm H Fig.5, as reversal of roller h is to be made and as shown as partiallyturned in, Fig. 9. Once at this point a further push of lever H to theleft throws crank h by means of projection g past its center and bringsit under the pull of spring h to complete the reversal. Then the partsinstantly asspme position as in Fig. 10, and the reversing action ofspring h is temporarily suspended by spring pressed headed bolt g'-engaging at its upper point in a hole in cam h thus for the timeconnecting said parts rigidly, as in Fig. 12. Upon returning lever H tonormal position an arm 5 with a beveled edge and operating as a camenters over the flanged head of bolt g and depresses it sufliciently todisengage its top point from cam h", thus liberating the parts again tothe pull of spring h As this disengagement occurs the roller h hasreached the reversing point of the are a: of the wrapper cutting die,and spring b instantaneously reverses roller h through its operating andassociated parts back to normal position, Fig.1.

Incident to the last reverse action of roller h by spring h there issuch impetus given to the roller that it at once assumes its rightworking position, but spring h would carry it back out of this positionmore or less if not prevented. To this end I employ a spring pressedbolt 9*, Figs. 12 and 13. Normally said bolt is up, and is onlydepressed wheir crank k rides over it, said crank being beveled on oneside to do so. Bolt g is acting as a backstop in Figs. 12 and 13,'andalways when the parts are in normal position.

Roller h is in initial but opposite reversing positions in both Figs. 9and 10, and in corresponding positions in dotted lines Fig. 11, and thereversal thereof and the other details of its operation will beunderstood from the description already given.

Assuming now that lever H is in normal position, Figs. 5 and 7, it firstassumes position as to the die as it is moved up to full lines. Fig. 11,and then travels around upon the edge of the die and reverses upon itsarcs as already described and with the operating parts relatively asseen in Figs. 9 and 10, just before each reversal occurs.

Having traversed the die and cut a wrapper the next step in theoperation is to paste the wrapper. this I first raise the die-plate notonly out of the way for rolling but into a position where I can placethe leaf on the die in position for cutting another wrapper while theother operations are going on beneath. This is actuate the parts, but anexpert operator can manipulate the leaf with one hand and the rollingmechanism with the other and thus practically conduct both operations atthe same time and materially enhance the speed of the machine over aconstruction in which one 1 10 operation must wait until the other isconcluded.

The means for raising the die plate comprise its own standard 0, pedallever L, secondary lever L, a link 1 connecting said levers, and link Iconnecting the secondary lever L with the lower end of said standard G.115

Both levers L and L are pivoted in frame B, as clearly seen in Fig. 3,and standard C is supported ina tubular guide C fastened beneath thetable. Thus the dieplate is raised by depressing pedal L, and it quicklygravitates back to normal position over the rolling- 120 board when thefoot is removed. A spline c on said standard running in a slot in theguide G keeps it from rotating, and a cam projection c on said standardin the line of said spline works the pasting device, as we shall see. Inthe present construction the round b of frame 125 Before wrapping andwhen the wrapper has been 130 To do especially convenient when power isemployed to otherwise prepared for rolling it is pasted. This is done bymeans of a pasting device automatically operated from die-plate standardG, and comprises a paste receptacle M, Figs. 12, 13 and 16, mounted on ashaft m .and having a slotted bottom with a roller m to distribute thepaste. Shaft m is rotatably supported in bracket m on table A, which ispivotally mounted on vertical post m on table A, and horizontallymovable to and fro over the wrapper on the rolling-board, Fig. 13.Normally the paster is out of action as in dotted lines in said figure,and as seen in full lines it is pasting. The change from dotted to fulllines is brought about by cam C on the standard C striking ahorizontally pivoted tappet m on a lengthwise slid-able piece m with anoblong opening engaged over or about the standard C. The said piece m isconnected with bracket m by a pivot or behind its own pivot post, sothat a comparatively slow movement here gives a large sweep toreceptacle M, and the direct actuation occurs when cam c on standard 0is raised as the die-plate goes up and strikes the tappet m and rotatesthe paste receptacle to full lines Fig. 13. Then as said cam passes onabove said tappet its own spring m restores it to original position,while spring m also restores the sliding piece m and the pasterconnected therewith to original position Figs. 5 and 12. In theseoperations the paste receptacle becomes slightly tilted or rotated fromits normal to its operating position by means of a finger m on the outerextremity of shaft m engaging an arm or projection m on table A, andspring m restores said receptacle to normal position, Fig. 12, whenfinger 'm is disengaged. This tilting is momentary and timed to bringthe paste roller in contact with the wrapper and cause paste to bedeposited thereon.

The cam c is beveled at its outer edge to match with the beveled inneredge of the tappet m", so that when said cam descends it simply crowdsthe tappet aside enough to pass below and none of the other parts aredisturbed. But when rising said cam bears directly against the end ofthe tappet and thus does not cause it to rotate on its pivot. Thus theraising of the dieplate and the pasting of the wrapper become asimultaneous operation.

Now, having cut the wrapper and pasted it, the next and finalperformance is to roll the cigar. It has already been noted that thereis a sn-called blankplate G which cooperates in one position with thedie-plate and in the other with the rolling-board I), and that saidplate is movable up and down within limits independently of these parts.It is up when the wrapper is being cut, Fig. 7, and down when it isbeing rolled, Fig. 8. When out the wrapper is held upon this plate onperforated apron O by suction from chamber E. The raising of said plateoccurs when the rolling board is brought to normal position, Fig. 7, andit is lowered when said board is caused to slide to the left, Fig. 8.The means for making this change consist simply of a cross piece d atthe top of chamber E and a bevel edged block d on the bottom of plate Gwhich rides up on said cross piece and raises said plate proportionatelywhen the rollingboard is carried from position Fig. 8 to position Fig.7. The said plate G has guide pins d working in cross pieces (I in therolling-board, and said board is horizontally movable on vertical pivotpin 01 which stands up from a so-called reciprocating carriage Nbeneath. Said carriage is slidable back and forth in guideways n at thetop and sides of suction chamber E beneath table A, and is operated fromthe pedal mechanism for raising the die-plate by means of a projection11. rigid with standard 0 engaging beneath lever M, Fig. 8. This leveris pivoted at one end to the frame B and at the other end is operativelyconnected by link 11. with .ciank arm n on transverse shaft n supportedby the walls of chamber E. Another arm n on said shaft is connected bylink 72. with carriage N, and so it occurs when the die plate has beenpractically raised and the pasting of the wrapperjs effected that alittle further depression of pedal L causes projection 11 to strikelever n and put in motion the further mechanism which bodily shifts therolling-board from normal position, Fig. 7, to secondary position Fig.8. Of course the pivot d of said board is carried along with thismovement as it is fixed on the reciprocating carriage N, as clearlyshown This backward movement of the rollingboard is preparatory to theforming of the requisite rolling pocket in apron O, as will be seen. Aretracting spring a on the lever 11, operates to carry the rolling-boardback to normal position when pressure through the pedal is withdrawn.The rolling-board has a tapered or cut away upper portion d on itsinitial end where the pocketing of the bunch for forming the cigaroccurs, and said apron is secured to said board at one end and to thepivoted counter-weighted head Q at its other end, and is long enough toafford the necessary slack between these points-in all the formativemovements.

Now, in addition to the back and forth movement of the rolling-boardthrough carriage N it has a compound pivot movement as well. The firstof these pivotal movements occurs with the direct forward movementthrough carriage N under actuation from the pedal L and is automaticallyproduced by arm 8 of bell crank lever S pivoted to the under side of thetable and which has a pin s on its end Working in the straight slot s inprojection s rigid with the rollingboard at the inner corner of its freeend. The slot is also runs into the rolling-board, as here shown, and aspring s controls arm s when it .is otherwise free and causes it to movethe rolling-board toward the operator, say from dotted lines, Fig. 17,to full lines therein. The rolling-board is shown further as having anearly right angled cam slot 2 back of slotted arm s, in which there isengaged a pin 3 projecting from the table beneath and helping to governthe movements of the rolling-board, as will be seen. Normally pin or ing3 is down in the short arm of slot 2, dotted position Fig. 17, while pins on arm s is at the inner end of slot 8 In this position of the partsbell crank lever S is free to rotate and subject to pull of spring sThen as the rolling-board is moved inward by its carriage N the freeouter end thereof is moved toward the operator by arm s and pin 3 runsinto the angle of slot 2. This compound forward and turning movement ofthe rolling-board is in a sense one movement, the turning of the boardbeing on its pivot d on the carriage N moving directly forward at thesame time. Finally, the said board has a reverse and inward turningmovement, with its fixed pivot d as its center of rotation and the outerlonger arm of slot 2 its governing radius. This second and last turn ofsaid board is, therefore, within the limits of this slot, in which thetravel is from position Fig. 18 to position Fig. 20, and with pin 3 atlast brought to the extremity of slot 2. These movements are cooperativewith other bunch rolling parts and their purpose appears clearly in thedescription of operation further along.

A suitable bunch roller R, shaped preferable about as shown Figs. 19 and14, is supported at its ends in bearings in screws 4 and 5 on lever V.Said screws, socalled, are supported in sockets v and 'v, respectively,on lever V, and are threaded at their upper ends and engaged each byanut o so that they are adjustable in said lever, and the screw 5 at therear has also alateral adjustment in slot 12 Normally the said roller isbehind the rolling apron relatively as seen in Figs. 4 and 7. From thisposition it moves forward over the said apron and first of all assistsin forming a pocket for the bunch, Fig. 8, and as also will appearfurther along.

Lever V has a hub 1r mounted in a bracket V upon the table, Fig. 14, inwhich it is held firmly to a horizontal movement, so that the roller Rwill be kept down to its work, less such yield as its own immediatesupport may provide. Upon the hub o of lever V beneath table A is anarm 1) which engages bell crank arm s when said lever is drawn forward afull stroke, and this through the other bell-crank arm .9 working in therolling-board carries said board around on its last above mentionedmovement from position Fig. 18 through Fig. 19 to Fig. 20.

, The rocking head Q is pivoted in a suitable bracket or like support qand is counterweighted as already suggested to take up slack in apron Oand thus cooperate in some measure in wrapping the cigar. Normally saidhead is engaged beneath lever V at its front, Figs. 3 and 5, and it ismechanically turned down at front from its otherwise tilted position bya finger r on said lever.

The operations of the machine briefly stated are as follows: A wrapperhaving been cut on the die-plate it is held upon the apron overblank-plate G in the rolling-board by atmospheric pressure while thedieplate itself is raised, Figs. 2 and 8. The same operation shifts therolling-board to its first working position in full lines Figs. 8, 18.These views show the relation of bunch T and wrapper 6 to the pocket forthe bunch formed in apron O beneath lever V and behind roller R, and allthis occurs by the shifting of the rollingboard and the consequentpocketing of the apron in its slack beneath and behind roller R. Thebunch T is now inserted in said pocket against stop 7, or the bunch maybe placed on'the apron against said stop just before the rolling boardmoves to the left, and then everything is ready for the quick work ofwrapping bya forward sweep of lever V. As seen in Fig. 18, the lay ofthe pocket apron is substantially at right angles across the plane ofbunch-roller R, and hence as the roller passes over the said apron inthe arc of a circle it will first tightly gather up the apron at thetuck end of the bunch and thus begin by rolling the wrapper tightly onthe tuck end of the bunch after the manner of hand work. But therolling-board and the apron and wrapper begin at the same time to swinginward on an are from pivot d, and so it occurs when the parts reachposition, Fig. 19, that the pull on the apron from tension device Q hastraveled from the tuck end of the bunch to about its middle, and by thetime position Fig. 20 is reached the slack of the apron has come whollyto the front or tuck end of the bunch or cigar while the tightest woundportion -or wrapping of the apron is at the mouth or pointed end of thenow completed cigar. In all these changing positions the bunch itselftravels on about the same radius as the roller, but yet it has adiagonal travel in respect to and over the wrapper and thus gets aspiral winding of the wrapper while it travels or rolls on an arc acrossthe same. As the wrapper is being wound about the bunch, the rollingboard swings on its pivot and carries the unwrapped portion of thewrapper on the apron around with it and whereby the spiral winding ofthe wrapper on the bunch is further facilitated. In this movement theinitial end or tucky of the wrapper is first tucked under the bunch andthen the rolling and wrapping follow in one operation but with somethingof a dual movement asabove described. The effect of the wrapping isidentical with hand work but the steps in the work differ especially inthis, that in hand wrapping the bunch is changed in position on thewrapper as the winding progresses from end to end, while here I roll thebunch in the are of a circle and change the position of the wrapperitself to get the desired spirality and tightness of the wrap at allpoints. The enlargement of the inner end of roll R materiallyfacilitates the winding of the wrapper closely about the point of thebunch. It will thus be seen that this machine holds the wrapper on therolling-board over the apron where it is cut and that the bunch isbrought to it and wrapped without changing the position of the wrapperupon the apron at all. The cigar is completed as the roller R passes outupon the end of the rolling-board and it is cast off down throughopening a in the table, Fig. 13, and lever V is moved back to normalposition.

The importance of having the rolling-board reduced or thinned at itsinner end becomes apparent in connection with the pocket in the apronand the placing of the bunch therein preparatory to wrapping, Fig. 8,because this reduction of the board not only affords room for the pocketbut also for the insertion of the bunch, and by reason of theconstruction and arrangement of the parts the said pocket is formed andis always fully defined and open when the first movements of the rolling-board have occurred, as above described.

Normally the bunch-roller is behind apron 0, but in rolling forward itpasses over or upon the apron, which has been doubled beneath theroller, and thus the soca-lled pocket for the hunch is formed andcontinues as a shaping element running behind the roller to the end ofthe wrapping operation, But the pocket is primarily formed by thebackward movement of the rolling-board out of the slack of the apronbehind the portion held by suction and before the tension device Q hastilted to take the slack up, Fig. 8. Up to this time lever V has notbeen moved.

The open work or perforated die blank or blank-plate i i i G throughwhich the wrapper is held by suction from beneath in all its positionsfrom cutting to wrapping has the perforated portion of the apron lyingdirectly over and upon the same and this portion is shown as perforatedover a surface slightly greater in area than the size and shape of thewrapper, and hence when the said blank is raised into die 0 the apron isstretched over it and the parts remain in this relation as said blank islowered flush with the rolling-board, and it is only necessary in thisoperation that the perforations or openings in said parts he numerousenough to perform the single function of holding the wrapper in theposition in which it was cut until wrapping has occurred. For thisreason also, the apron is permanently fixed to the rolling-board and hasa perforated portion adapted to cooperate with the open work blank Gthrough which the exhaust acts in holding the wrapper.

The shapes of cigars vary from being full diameter of cigar at the tuckto a very small diameter, or as is commonly known as a pinch tuck,swelling quickly to largest diameter and tapering away again to'the headof the cigar. In order to tightly and smoothly Wrap such varying shapes,the rolling board is pivoted at d, as described, said pivot beinglocated to the rear of blank-plate G and between the initial or tuck endand head end of the bunch, and is shown as being much nearer the tuckend than the head end. The position oi said pivot may, however, varysomewhat as to dis- .ance in rear of blank-plate G and from the initialor tuck end, but will always be to the rear of blank-plate G and betweentuck and head ends.

The act of rolling a cigar is as follows: After cutting wrapper anddepositing paste on head end of cut wrapper the rolling board moves onits reciprocating carriage to the left or toward the rolling-arm. At thesame time the free end of the rolling board, swings toward the op- Ierator by action of the cam slot 2 and pin 3 located on the under sideof the rolling-board and rotates said board on pivot (1 the cut wrapperbeing firmly held in position by atmospheric pressure is now in properposition for rolling, the tuck end of cut wrapper having been broughtwell under the bunch roller. The bunch having been deposited on theapron, as above described, the roller arm V is moved forward and clothholder, or tension device, Q, by its upward action at once takes up theslack in the apron around the tuck end of the bunch. The initial or tuckend of wrapper is now partially wound around the bunch. Therolling-board now swings on its pivot d and moves more rapidly thanrolling-arm, and thus stretches Wrapper around tuck end of bunch. Bythis action the initial or tuck end of wrapper is thrown in the samedirection as the rollerarm moves, and the other end of the wrapper movestoward the roller, moving as it does on the arc of a circle whose centeris at (1 At the same time the wrapper being held firmly to therolling-board by atmospheric pressure and the tuck-end being pressedtightly against the bunch by the apron, the wrapper is stretched andtightly and smoothly wound around the tapering tuck end of the bunch.This action is the same on a nontapering tuck, differing only in thedegree of action. The cigar is now wrapped to its point of greatestdiameter, as seen in Fig. 18. Continuing the movement of roller R to theright completes'the wrapping of the wrapper spirally on the bunch to itsmonth end, the GS} What I claim is 1. in a cigar machine, a rollingboard and a wrapping apron thereon, a wrapper supporting die-plateadapted to rest upon said apron and said board, means for raising saidplate horizontally above said apron and said board, and a wrappingroller for said apron adapted to run over said board when the die plateis raised.

2. The rolling board and the die plate mounted thereon and adapted to beraised bodily to a plane above said board to give a free working spacebeneath said plate when raised, and mechanism to lift said plate.

3. The rolling board and a vertically movable flat surfaced perforatedpart therein, a die plate having an opening to receive said part andadapted to be raised to a plane above said board and said part to permitfree working beneath said plate, means to elevate said plate, and meansto raise saidpart within the opening of said die plate when said plateis in a. position of rest upon said rolling board.

4. In a cigar machine the rolling board and a. perforated part thereinadapted to provide a flush and continuous flat top surface with the topsurface of said board while the cigar is being wrapped, a die plateadapted to rest upon said board, and means to elevate said die plate toa higher plane than said board.

5. The rolling board and a perforated part therein adapted to provide aflat surface flush and continuous with the flat top of said rollingboard, a perforated apron adapted to rest upon said board and said part,a die plate adapted to rest upon said apron and said board, means toraise said part, and means to raise said die plate to an elevation freeof and above said apron and rolling-board.

6. In a. cigar machine, a movable rolling board and a perforated platetherein adapted to rest with its top on the same plane as the top ofsaid board, in combination with a die-plate having an opening to receivesaid perforated plate, mcans to raise said perforated plate within saidopening, and means to raise said die-plate free from said board.

7. In a cigar machine, a rolling board having an opening and avertically movable perforated plate adapted to temporarily rest thereinwith its top surface on the same plane as the top of said board, meansto slide said board, and means to raise said plate as said board is slidalong.

8. In a cigar machine, a laterally movable rolling board having avertically movable perforated plate mounted therein, means to move saidboard, and means to raise and lower said plate at intervals, incombination with a movable die-plate having an opening adapted toreceive said perforated plate, and means tooperate said die-plate.

9. The combination of a rolling board supported to move horizontally andmechanism to operate said board, with a die plate having an openingwithin the die edges and adapted to rest upon said rolling board, andmeans to raise said plate to a plane above and free from said rollingboard.

10. The means for pasting a wrapper, comprising a horizontal shaft and asupporting bracket therefor pivoted to swing horizontally, a pastedistributer on said shaft, means to rotate said shaft and tilt saidpaste distributor and means to oscillate said bracket horizontally,substantially as described.

11. In a cigar machine, a. rolling board, a wrapper cutting die plateprovided with a discharge opening for the cut wrapper, means to cut thewrapper, means to elevate the die plate to a plane above the rollingboard to permit wrapping of the bunch upon said rolling board, and meansto hold the cut wrapper upon the rolling board when said die plate iselevated.

12. In a cigar machine, a rolling board and a wrapper cutting die platesupported upon the upper face of said board and provided with adischarge opening for the cut wrapper, means to cut the wrapper, aperforated portion within said rolling hoard arranged beneath saidopening, means to elevate said die plate to leave said wrapper upon saidrolling board, and suction means to hold the wrapper when said die plateis raised.

13. In a cigar machine, a rolling board and a die plate adapted to restthereon having a central through opening with an upwardly extendingcutting edge about said opening upon the top face of said plate, andmeans to elevate said die plate to transfer said wrapper to the rollingboard through said opening.

14. The paste-distributer support having a fixed vertical pivot, thedie-plate and means to raise the same oper atively engaged by saidsupport and oscillating the same, substantially as described.

15. The combination of the wrapper-cutting die-plate and a standardthereon provided with a cam, a paste distributer opcratively engaged bysaid cam during its movement and means to raise and lower said standard,substan tially as described.

16. In a cigar machine, a rolling board and a wrapper supporting dieplate adapted to rest upon its upper face during cutting operations, anopening with upwardly pro jecting cutting edges in said die plate. meansto hold the cut wrapper on said rolling board, and means to raise saiddie plate to permit the wrapping of the bunch on said rolling boardbeneath said plate.

17. The paste distributor and a rotatable shaft on which it is fixed,and a horizontally rotatable bracket carrying said shaft, in combinationwith means to rotate said shaft and tilt said distributer, and means toactuate said bracket comprising a vertical moving die-plate and camconnected therewith, substantially as described.

18. A clgaranachinc having a working table, a rolling board thereon anda pivot pin on which said board is horizontally movable. and areciprocating carriage for said pivot pin, substantially as described.

1!). In a cigar machine, a table and a rolling-board for the bunchadapted to move horizontally over the table, and having a pivotalconnection with a reciprocating carriage, and means to operate saidcarriage, substantially as described.

20. In a cigar machine, a table having a tension device and arolling-board. an apron attached at its ends to said device and board.respectively. a reciprocating pivot and earl-Luge for said board. andmeans to move. said carriage, substantially as described.

21. In a cigar machine, a table, a rollingboard thereon, a pivot forsaid board movable in respect to the table, and means to reciprocatesaid pivot and means to oscillate said board over the table,substantially as described.

22. In a cigar machine, a table and a rolling-board having anoscillating horizontal movement on said table, in combination with apivoted lever having a bunch roller adapted to travel horizontally on anare over said rolling board, substantially as described.

23. In a cigar machine, the table and the rolling-board thereon and amovable pivot for said board supported on said table, in combinationwith means to move said pivot and to oscillate the board thereon, thesaid board being so constructed as to govern the extent of itsoscillations.

24. In a cigar machine, a horizontally oscillating rolling-hoard and acarrier therefor provided with a pivot for the board, said board havinga substantially right angled slot and a pin free therein and fixed tolimit the oscillation of the board, substantially as described.

25. In a cigar machine the rolling-board provided with a substantiallyright-angled slot and a straight slot and a pivot on which said board isadapted to oseillate,,in combination with an actuating arm engaged insaid straight slot and a projection engaged in said right angled slot,substantially as described.

26. In a cigar machine, a rollingboard and a pivot sup port therefor,and said board constructed with slots to limit its rotation on saidsupport, in combination with a rocking-arm slidably engaging in one ofsaid slots, substantially as described.

27. In a cigar machine, a table and a reciprocating carriage thereonprovided with a pivot, a rolling-board engaged on said pivot andprovided with slots, a rocking-' arm engaged in one of said slots and afixed projection in the other of said slots, and separate means foroperating said carriage and said rocking-arm, substantially asdescribed.

28. In a cigar machine, a table and a perforated rolling board thereon,and means to give said board a direct and an oscillatory movementsimultaneously, a perforated apron over said board and a suction chamberbeneath said board, substantially as described.

29. In a cigar machine, a perforated rollingboard and means tohorizontally oscillate the same, and a perforated apron over said board,in combination with a lever and a bunch-roller on the lever behind saidapron to roll the bunch, substantially as described.

30. In a cigar machine, a rolling-board and means to reciprocate andhorizontally oscillate the said board simultaneously, and an apron fixedto said board at one end and to a tension device at the other end, incombination with a lever and a bunch-roller thereon, substantially asdescribed.

31. In a cigar machine, a rolling-board and a pivot therefor and meansto give said board horizontal oscillating movements, in combination witha pivoted lever having a bunch-roller constructed to travel on an areover said rolling-board, and a rolling apron,'substantially asdescribed.

32. In a cigar-machine, a perforated rolling-board and a traveling pivottherefor, means to move said pivot and means to move said board on itspivot, in combination with a lever, and a bunch-roller thereon and anexhaust chamber beneath said board, substantially as described.

33. In a cigar machine, a lever and a bunch-roller R having a smoothperipheral surface from end to end on a compound curved line and oflarger diameter at one end, a stationary vertically adjustable support 4for one end of said roller depending from said lever and a verticallymovable spring pressed support 5 adjustably mounted upon said lever forthe opposite end of said roller.

34. In a cigar machine, a lever and a bunch-roller having a smoothperipheral surface from end to end on a compound curved line andprovided with vertically adjustable supports carried by said lever, anda spring bearing down upon one of said supports, substantially asdescribed.

In a cigar machine, a bunch-roller having a gradual taper to a largercross-section from its middle portion to one end and a lever carryingsaid roller, in combination with a perforated horizontally oscillatingrolling-board, a perforated rolling apron on said board, an exhaustchamber beneath said board and a tension device connected'with one endof said apron, substantially as described.

36. In a cigar machine, a perforated rolling-board and means to movesaid board horizontally, a perforated rolling apron attached to saidboard at one end and to a tension device at the other end, incombination with a lever pivoted to swing in an are over said board anda bunchroller thereon, and an exhaust chamber beneath said apron,substantially as described.

37. In a cigar machine, a main table, a rolling-board and a pivottherefor, and an apron attached to said board at one end and to atension device at the other end, in combination with a lever, a bunchroller on said lever behind said apron and means between said lever andsaid board constructed to horizontally oscillate the board on its pivotas the lever is moved forward, substantially as described.

38. In a cigar machine, a rolling board and a fixed pivot therefor andan arm slidably engaging said board, in combination with a bunch-roller,a lever carrying said roller and mechanism operatively connecting saidlever with said arm, whereby as said lever is moved the arm is movedalso and the rolling-board is turned on its pivot, substantially asdescribed.

39. In a cigar machine, the combination of an oscillating rolling boardwith a movable pivot therefor, means to carry said board and pivottogether to one position, and separate means to oscillate said board ona horizontal plane.

40. In a cigar machine, a rolling-board. an apron secured at one endthereto and a tension device to which the other end of the apron isatiixed, in combination with a lever and a bunch-roller thereon andmeans connected with said lever to rock said device downward at itsfront in the backward movement of the lever. substantially as described.

41, A cigar machine substantially as described, comprising arolling-board, a reciprocating carrier pivotally connected with saidboard, and means to move said carrier first rearward and then forward,in combination with a perforated apron oversaid board, a lever pivotedto swing horizontally over said board and a bunch-roller on said leverbehind said apron, substantially as described.

42. In a cigar machine. a bunch-rolling-apron, a rolling board engagedon a movable pivot near one end and free to move laterally on the otherend, and a tension device for the apron pivoted on fixed supports, saidapron being attached at one end to the free end of the rolling-board andat the other to said tension device, means to move said board and itspivot. and a bunch roller movable over said apron, whereby the tensionon said apron from the tension device shifts with the rolling of thebunch, substantially as described.

-13. In a cigar machine, a pivoted and horizontally movablerollingboard, a tension device for the apron supported on a fixed pivotand an apron attached at one end to said device and at the other end tothe outer end of said rolling-board, and a bunclrroller pivoted totravel in an are over said rolling board and apron, substantially asdescribed.

44. In a cigar machine, the combination of a vertically movabledie-plate and means to raise the same, a rolling board below saiddie-plate, an apron between said board and die-plate, and awrapper-cutting-roller adapted to move across the die-plate to cut awrapper, substantially as described.

45. A cigar-machine having a table with an opening therein, incombination with a die-plate open inside and a die therein. arolling-board below said die-plate over the opening in the table, anapron interposed between the rolling-board and die-plate, awrapper-cutting-rollcr adapted to move across the dieplate to cut awrapper, means for elevating the die-plate after a wrapper is cut, andmeans for horizontally reciprocating the rolling-board simulta neouslywith the movement of the die-plate, substantially as described.

-16. In a cigar machine, the combination of a reciprocating rollingboard. reciprocating means for said board. an apron attached at one endto said rolling board and having a pocket formed therein for the bunchat its other end, means for moving the pocket and bunch over the rollingboard. and means for imparting an arc movement to the rolling boardduring the period in which the said pocket and bunch is passingthereover,

47. In a cigar-machine, the combination of a rollingboard havingopenings therein conforming to the shape of a wrapper, an apron oversaid rolling-board and secured thereto and having a pocket formedtherein, and a bunchroller over said apron in front of said pocket.whereby a traveling pocket is moved over the rolling-board, and meansfor imparting movements to said rolling-board prior to the initialmovement of the pocket and during the movement thereof over therolling-board, substantially as described.

48, In a cigar machine. the combination of a rollingboard, areciprocating carriage on which said rolling-board is pivoted. means togive said board are movements on said pivot and connections by means ofwhich said rollingboard is given direct movements through said carriage.an apron attached to said rolling-board, and a bunchroller adapted toproduce a pocket in said apron over the rolling-board, substantially asdescribed.

49. In a cigar machine, the combination of a rollingboard havingperforations conforming to the shape of -a cut wrapper, asuction-chamber below said rolling-board, an apron over saidrolling-board .and attached to one end thereof, said apron havingperforations conforming to the shape of a cut wrapper, a bunch-roller, acarriage for moving" said rolling-board to position to form a pocketbeneath said roller, and means for imparting an arc movement to saidrolling-board to change. the positions of the wrapper thereon during theperiod in which a hunch is being rolled over said rollingboard,substantially as described.

50. In a cigar machine, the combination of a rollingboard, areciprocating carriage with which said rollingboard has a pivotalconnection and by which it is given its initial movement, pivotalconnections with said roll ing-board whereby an arc movement is impartedthereto during the movements imparted to said rolling-board by itsconnection with the said carriage, an apron above said rolling-board andsecured thereto, a. bunch-roller and a tension device for said apron,whereby said pocket-apron is given the proper tension during themovement of the pocket over the rolling-board, and means for actuatingthe carriage to which the rolling-board is pivoted, substantially asdescribed.

51. In a cigar machine, the combination of a dieplate having anopeningtherein conforming to the shape of a wrapper to be cut, a knife edgesurrounding said opening, means for moving said die-plate vertically, arollingboard beneath said die-plate, a reciprocating carriage to whichsaid rolling-board is pivoted and by which said roiling-board is givenits initial movement, pivotal connections with said rolling-board bymeans of which variable arc movements are transmitted thereto during themovement of the rolling-board by the carriage, an apron attached to therolling-board, said apron projecting partially into the opening in thedie plate when said die-plate is lowered upon the rolling-board, acutting-roller movable over the knife edge on the die-plate, a movablepasting device and means for moving the same simultaneously with theelevation of the die plate to paste the final end of a wrapper which isleft on the rolling-board after the elevation of the die-plate,substantially as described.

52. In a cigar machine, the combination with a table having an airchamber therein, a carriage located above said air chamber, arolling-board having a pivotal connection with said carriage, an apronsecured to said :rolling board and to a. pivotal head, a bunch rollermounted below said apron, means for operating said rolling-board so asto move said apron to a position to form a pocket under said rollerprior to an initial movement of the roller, such movement of therolling-board being imparted by the carriage, connections with saidrolling-board which co-act with the pivotal connection between saidrolling-board and the carriage to impart to said rolling-board theproper movement in the formation of said pocket, substantially asdescribed. t

53. In a cigar machine, a table and a pivoted horizon tally oscillatingrolling-board thereon, a perforated blank plate upon said board and aperforated apron over said plate and board, in combination with a.horizontally moving lever having a bunch-roller.

54. In a cigar machine, the combination of a movable die-plate, awrapping cutting roller adapted to move over said die-plate, means forelevating the die-plate after each operation of cutting the wrapper bysaid roller, and means for placing the wrapper around the bunch afterthe elevation of the die-plate.

55. In a cigar machine, the combination of a movable die-plate havingair holes surrounding the die therein, a wrapper cutting roller adaptedto move over said die-plate, means for raising the die-plate, pastingmechanism adapted to apply paste to the final end of the wrapper, andmeans for placing a wrapper around a bunch after the elevation of thedie-plate.

56. In a cigar machine, the combination of a vertically movabledie-plate, a rolling-board beneath said die-plate, an apron interposedbetween said rolling board and dieplate, and a cutting roller adapted tobe moved over the die in said die-plate.

57. In a cigar machine, the combination of a die-plate having an openingtherein, a rolling-board below said (lie-plate, a perforated blank insaid rolling-board adapted to enter within the die opening, a perforatedapron resting over the perforated blank when said die-plate is loweredupon the rolling-hoard, a wrapper cutting roller movable over the die insaid die-plate to cut a wrapper, and means for elevating the die-plateafter each operation of cutting a wrapper thereon.

58. In a cigar machine, the combination of a. die-plate having anopening therein surrounded by a cutting edge, means for moving saiddie-plate vertically, a perforated

